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Please find hereunder the 2012 calendars of the FIM Trial & FIM Women’s Trial World Championships and FIM Trial des Nations. FIM Trial World Championship DateFMNPlaceCountry28-29 AprilFFMLa BresseFrance26-27 MayMAMt TarrengowerAustralia02-03 JuneMFJMotegiJapan16-17 JuneRFMEPeñarroya-PueblonuevoSpain23-24 JuneFMASant JuliàAndorra08 JulyFMISanto Stefano d’AvetoItaly28-29 JulyACUPenrithGre...

With this year’s FIM Trial des Nations (TDN) having only just past, plans are already being made for the 2012 edition of this team competition that will be hosted in Moutier, Switzerland as the Federation Moto Suisse celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. This will be the first time Switzerland has held the FIM TDN. Situated fifty-five kilometres from Basel, the venue at Moutier last hosted a Worl...

Pre-event favourites Spain romped to an eighth straight win at the 2011 FIM Trial des Nations held in Tolmezzo, Italy. The squad of Toni Bou - Repsol Montesa, Adam Raga - Gas Gas, Albert Cabestany - Sherco and Jeroni Fajardo - Ossa, all of which are currently ranked within the World's top five Trial riders, proved far too strong against their rivals as they ran out easy winners on a day when heavy...

Twenty-five year old Laia Sanz – Repsol Montesa yesterday added the 2011 Women’s FIM Trials des Nations title to the individual 2011 FIM Women’s Trial World Championship she had already won last month to complete what she described as ‘the perfect year’. Whilst this would be more than most riders could ever dream of achieving in one season, Sanz also won the best female rider in the notoriously t...

Germany bicycle company UNIVEGA strengthened its relationship with the FIM and also the sport of Women's Trial during the opening ceremony of the 2011 FIM Trial des Nations. Prior to the presentation of the teams CTR member responsible for Women's Trial Anders Minken who has been a long time supporter of the female series, took to the stage to announce the three prize winners, with two new categor...

For the second year in a row the Spanish Women's team rode to victory in the Women's Cup of the FIM Trial des Nations. Although demoted to second place after the first lap, Laia Sanz - Repsol Montesa, Sandra Gomez - Gas Gas and Mireia Conde - Beta produced a brilliant recovery to overcome their long standing rivals Great Britain, who again came home as runners-up after a tense day of competition i...

FIM President Vito Ippolito officially declared the 2011 FIM Trial des Nations open during a colourful opening ceremony yesterday evening. Twenty-two men’s teams and ten women’s teams who will represent over twenty nations paraded through the narrow streets of the Italian town of Tolmezzo before gathering in the main square. Here the celebrations continued with a display of local costumes plus mu...

Having already clinched the 2011 FIM Women's Trial World Championship at the previous round, Laia Sanz - Repsol Montesa signed off her season in style as she won the third and final Grand Prix of the series in Tolmezzo, Italy to maintain her 100% win rate for the campaign Sanz was the easy victor over Rebekah Cook - Sherco, who despite being runner up on the day was unable to claim second spot in...

Located approximately thirty kilometres from the Austrian border, the small commune of Tolmezzo, Northern Italy prepares to host the twenty-eighth edition of the FIM Trial des Nations this weekend. With the Strabut Mountain towering above the picturesque town, thirty-three hopeful teams will go head to head in a bid to claim top honours in their respective classes of this prestigious event. ...

Although Spaniard Laia Sanz – Repsol Montesa has already been crowned the 2011 FIM Women's Trial World Champion, this Friday will see the final two positions of the championship podium decided. Celebrating the final round of the three round series, thirty-eight riders from eleven different countries will look to settle their individual battles as the competition comes to a head in Tolmezzo, Italy ...